A model of acoustic interspeaker variability based on the concept of formant-cavity affiliation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 337-351

  Apostol, Lian ^a   Perrier, Pascal ^a   Bailly, Gérard ^a  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FREQUENCIES;

FREQUENCY RATIO;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CALCULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LARYNX; LIP; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOUTH; PHARYNX; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 1642499130     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1631946     Document Type: Article

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